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Charlie’s Mermaid Party

My sassy little Charlie turned TWO over the weekend and we celebrated at the pool! I would have loved to throw her an amazing “Frozen” themed party since she is obsessed with Anna, Elsa, & Olaf these days but it made more sense to go with the next best thing: MERMAIDS! Charlie is a huge fan of “The Little Mermaid” and I love Ariel a lot myself but I decided to go in the DIY direction and use decorations I already owned such as seashells, streamers, and shimmer paper.

I spent many nights browsing Pinterest for ideas for decor, desserts, and other fun things for “under the sea” parties. I found a lot of great ideas online but I wanted to be realistic (I’m a full time mommy, wife, and ADN student), there isn’t enough time and money for everything I wanted to do — and that’s OK. I did what I could and I’m very pleased with the outcome! Charlie was amazed when she arrived and despite being in her “Terrible two’s” she actually was a terrific 2-year-old the entire time.

I love to DIY everything so the invitations (top photo), streamers + bubble background, silhouette/watercolor mermaid, table layout, cake (not the icing part — I had some back up for that!), edible seashells, cupcakes, jello cups, dipped marshmallows, party labels, and chalkboards were done by me.

I’m somewhat sad Charlie’s party is over. I had so much fun planning it! And everyone had so much fun at the party itself. But I know it won’t be long til I’m working on the next event…maybe it’ll be yours?

Another Decnically sound piece, Shalveydance! I don't have my books to hand, but is Scott not more of a skinny-jeans fellow? Personal-taste quibble aside, a flawless sketch. You're quite versatile, aren't you?

This is so true in the things we do today, always assuming the next person will know what we want or how we want it. I’m stunned and amazed with the knowledge you always drop on us thank you again Red.

Lool so you reckon that it could be a case of love on the female’s behalf if there’s a lack of communication between not regularly occurring hook-ups over a long period of time? Maybe I’m just in denial =[

how sad. i’d read about four pinay nurses who were also gang raped in Saudi Arabia. one of them died. there was also an uproar in the Filipino community there because of the Philippine government’s lack of action on what happened.

This grandma has enjoyed reading some of the mommy “antics” on the blogs and twitter feed. Motherhood is a lot different than when I was raising our daughter, but with many similarities. Trust me, the kid wins in the end.